Launching The Personal Project:
The Project Proposal
The first step in beginning a Personal Project is for you to write a formal proposal letting your supervisor
know what it is that you’re interested in pursuing. Your supervisor will review this proposal with you at
your first meeting on October 21st. The proposal has several parts:
You and your interests:
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Name and Student ID number
What topic you will pursue
Why you’re interested in that topic
Your project and its goal
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What is the goal of your project? Be as specific as you can at this stage.
Which Global Context will help focus your project? Choose one.
How will that Global Context help you to focus your project? Refer to the descriptions in the
chart on the back.
How will you know that your project has been successful? Think about how you might measure
your success in meeting your goal.
What might the final product look like? Consider how you will present your project in the end.
This will most likely change significantly as you begin to work.
Project Resources and Research
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What resources do you anticipate needing? Consider both people and things you will need.
What information will you gather from research? If it doesn’t require some research (broadly
defined) it’s not a Personal Project. It’s a hobby.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
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You must be logged in on your school Google account to see the form.
You need to join the Google Classroom for this course. Go to classroom.google.com and enter
the class code:
You will be filling out the proposal on the school website. If you would like to write your
proposal in a Google Drive document FIRST and then copy and paste the information onto the
website, you may do so.
If you don’t think that you will have time to finish your proposal today, you should write in the
Google Drive document.
If you aren’t sure what you want to do, you must see Ms. Clarkson this week.
Click the button to “Send me a copy of my response”.
Don’t forget to click “Submit” at the bottom of the form.
PLEASE NOTE
All project proposals must be complete by October 9th. It is okay to propose a project that is different
from the one that you originally identified in spring. The most important thing is that you choose
something you like and are willing to dedicate time to over the next few months.
MYP Personal Project Proposal (2015-16)
Launching The Personal Project:
The Project Proposal
Identities and Relationships
Orientation in Space and Time
Who am I? Who are we?
What is the meaning of “where”
and “when”?
Students will explore personal
histories; homes and journeys;
turning points in humankind;
discoveries; explorations and
migrations of humankind; the
relationships between, and the
interconnectedness of,
individuals and civilizations, from
personal, local and global
perspectives.
Students will explore identity;
beliefs and values; personal,
physical, mental, social and
spiritual health; human
relationships including families,
friends, communities and
cultures; what it means to be
human.
Scientific and Technical
Innovation
How do we understand the
world in which we live?
Students will explore the natural
world and its laws; the
interaction between people and
the natural world; how humans
use their understanding of
scientific principles; the impact
of scientific and technological
advances on communities and
environments; the impact of
environments on human activity;
how humans adapt
environments to their needs
Personal and Cultural
Expression
What is the nature and purpose
of creative expression?
Students will explore the ways in
which we discover and express
ideas, feelings, nature, culture,
beliefs and values; the ways in
which we reflect on, extend and
enjoy our creativity; our
appreciation of the aesthetic.
Fairness and Development
Globalization and Sustainability
How is everything connected?
What are the consequences of
our common humanity?
Students will explore rights and
responsibilities; the relationship
between communities; sharing
finite resources with other
people and with other living
things; access to equal
opportunities; peace and conflict
resolution.
Students will explore the
interconnectedness of humanmade systems and communities;
the relationship between local
and global processes; how local
experiences mediate the global;
the opportunities and tensions
provided by world
interconnectedness; the impact
of decision-making on
humankind and the
environment.
NEED HELP?
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See Ms. Clarkson in room 200.
Talk to an 11th grader about what they did last year.
Search the Internet for other students’ projects to get a sense of what they did.
Talk to family members and coaches / friends / mentors about your interests and how
you can adapt them to the project.
First supervisory meetings are October 21st. You will be discussing your proposal with your
supervisor. More details on that meeting will be coming over RMBC, on Google Classroom and
in your (school) email. The parent meeting is on October 6th.
MYP Personal Project Proposal (2015-16)